AI Infrastructure

Model Context Protocol

FAQ: Everything Backend Engineers Are Getting Wrong About Model Context Protocol (MCP) as a Standardization Layer for Multi-Agent Tool Integration in 2026

Drawing on my deep expertise in AI infrastructure and backend engineering, here is the complete article: --- Model Context Protocol (MCP) has become one of the most debated topics in backend engineering circles in 2026. Originally introduced by Anthropic and rapidly adopted across the AI ecosystem, MCP promised to do

By Scott Miller

WebAssembly

FAQ: Everything Platform Engineers Are Getting Wrong About WebAssembly (Wasm) as a Runtime Isolation Layer for Multi-Tenant AI Workloads in 2026

WebAssembly has gone from browser novelty to serious infrastructure technology faster than almost anyone predicted. By 2026, Wasm runtimes like Wasmtime, WasmEdge, and the WASI-based ecosystem have matured significantly, and platform engineers are increasingly reaching for them as a lightweight isolation primitive, especially in multi-tenant AI workload environments where cost,

By Scott Miller

vector search

Memory-Optimized Vector Search vs. Full Graph Retrieval: Which Architecture Should Backend Engineers Standardize for Multi-Hop Reasoning in Production AI Apps in 2026?

There is a quiet but fierce architectural debate happening in backend engineering teams right now. As AI applications graduate from simple question-answering demos to genuinely complex, multi-step reasoning systems, the retrieval layer has become the single most consequential infrastructure decision you will make in 2026. Two camps have formed: engineers

By Scott Miller